Time for an update....

First off, happy birthday to my wonderful husband, Michael.


Then on a sad note, N's best friend & her family move today. They are leaving us for a much colder part of the US. Think summertime highs in the 60s.... Please pray for the Pike family as they travel.

N is looking forward to getting out of school soon. Just a few more days! She continues to grow and is just learning so much. I took her out early so that she could say good bye to her friend. If you have ever seen the movie "Ever After" with Drew Barrymore, let's just say that N was crying like the Spanish princess. It was sad but hilarious at the same time.


A is getting bigger all the time. We have somewhat moved her out of her toddler bed into a twin bed. I say somewhat because she slept in the twin for one night before we had a guest. N shared the room with A while our guest slept in N's room. The night our guest headed home, N went into her room to close the blinds and they promptly broke. So, N & A are currently sharing a room until we measure her window and buy another set of blinds. The girls are doing fairly well with sharing. We have not had too many fights over the twin bed.


Our smallest one is trying to keep the doctors on their toes. At my OB appointment on May 11th, the doctor measured the fundal height. I measured a week behind. At my appointment this past Wednesday, I measured 4 weeks ahead. So, I get another ultrasound next Wednesday, June 3rd, to try to find out what is going on. But the baby's heart rate looks really good.


On Wednesday night I ended up making a quick trip to Labor & Delivery. I was leaking some sort of fluid and with the few contractions I was having, I figured it would be best to check things out. It turned out to be a false alarm. The doctor who checked me also looked at the baby's heart rate. He said he would have expected a much more mature baby just from the heart rate and the variations in the rate. His guess was 32 weeks. Right now I am only 26 weeks. So his thought about the baby being more mature also lines up with my thoughts for where I should be.

Michael is doing well. He is back to work and as of Wednesday was given a clean bill of health to return to full duty. We are still in the process of looking for another motorcycle to replace the other one. Please pray for us as we decide what to do.

And Sarah... This is my 100th post as well.

the gang's all here!

A with N's friend S. A had to come with me to this photo shoot, so I included A in some of the pictures because she loves S as well.

N & S. S is a year older than N and as you can see, N is a little bit taller. In fact, at S's birthday party, there were 4 girls there. N was the youngest and the tallest and the rest of the girls were shorter and older. The shortest was also the oldest.

The whole gang! This was the 1st picture I took and the girls were a bit nervous about sitting on ropes. But I thought they did well and instead of the standard "Cheese!" to get everyone to smile I told them to say "AAAAHHHHH!!!!!" I think they did well since they started laughing after everyone yelled. It made for some cute expressions.

And I couldn't leave you without another picture of N & A together. N had just gotten home from school and A had just woken up from her nap. A was so excited to see N that she jumped up on the chair and gave N a huge hug!